Amanda Bynes

Amanda Laura Bynes was born on April 3, 1986 to her father, Rick, a dentist, and mother, Lynn, an office manager. Along with her two siblings, she grew up north of Los Angeles in Thousand Oaks, CA. Bynes was the family superstar from the get-go, putting on her mother's clothes and staging performances at the age of three. She enjoyed musical theater and knew all the words to "Oliver!" (1968) and "Evita" (1996) by the age of five. Her parents took notice of the youngster's potential, going so far as to drive her an hour from their hometown to a summer comedy camp in Los Angeles every Saturday. The support of her parents and her own hard work soon led the star-in-training to the famous Laugh F... Continue Bio >>